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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.0004S, 178.641WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000pj7g. Event ids that are associated: ak024gtc30ui, us6000pj7g. Exact location, longitude 178.641° East, latitude 52.0004° North, depth = 174.866 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.866 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:33:29 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 02:33:29 / December 31, 2024 @ 2:33 am.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.641° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.866 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-31 02:33:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-22 05:48:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 234 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pj7g Id of event.
Event Code 6000pj7g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024gtc30ui,us6000pj7g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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